help in cron tab

framedrelay · 11-15-2006, 07:44 AM

I have two programs running on my Linux machine,

1. its a kind of ping program
2. its for sending email.

Both are cron jobs. So, one runs every 15 mins, & the email program should work 3 times a day. So here its my cron tab,

15 * * * * * * /usr/psylvester/ping.sh
* */8 * * * * * /usr/psylvester/mail.sh

Second one, im dividing it by 8 (24/8 = 3 times a day). The problem is, it doesn't work. If i manually run the mail.sh script, i get the email, not via cron.

Reply will be much appreciated.

Regards,
Sylvester.

acid_kewpie · 11-15-2006, 07:49 AM

you have far far too many *'s there!

Code:

*     *   *   *    *  command to be executed
-     -    -    -    -
|     |     |     |     |
|     |     |     |     +----- day of week (0 - 6) (Sunday=0)
|     |     |     +------- month (1 - 12)
|     |     +--------- day of month (1 - 31)
|     +----------- hour (0 - 23)
+------------- min (0 - 59)